The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volumen1A. V. Blake, 1846 |
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... happens that by indulging early the rap - jection in real evil . tures of success , we forget the measures neces- sary to secure it , and suffer the imagination to riot in the fruition of some possible good , till the time of obtaining ...
... happens that by indulging early the rap - jection in real evil . tures of success , we forget the measures neces- sary to secure it , and suffer the imagination to riot in the fruition of some possible good , till the time of obtaining ...
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... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general miscellany of life . He that endeavour after fame by writing , soli- cits the regard ...
... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general miscellany of life . He that endeavour after fame by writing , soli- cits the regard ...
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... happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind . This kind of writing may be termed not im- properly the comedy of romance , and is to be conducted nearly by the ...
... happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind . This kind of writing may be termed not im- properly the comedy of romance , and is to be conducted nearly by the ...
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... happen , I only return the treat- ment which I often receive . Besides , many particular motives influence a writer , known only to himself , or his private friends ; and it may be justly concluded , that not all letters which are ...
... happen , I only return the treat- ment which I often receive . Besides , many particular motives influence a writer , known only to himself , or his private friends ; and it may be justly concluded , that not all letters which are ...
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... happen to find that a woman has a beard . I must therefore warn the gentle Phyllis , that she send me no more letters from the Horse Guards ; and require of Belinda , that she be content to resign her pretensions to female elegance ...
... happen to find that a woman has a beard . I must therefore warn the gentle Phyllis , that she send me no more letters from the Horse Guards ; and require of Belinda , that she be content to resign her pretensions to female elegance ...
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Página xv - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página xv - Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Página 215 - So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Página xxiii - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página iv - He appears by bis modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Página 103 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Página 110 - Thus forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety, or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper.
Página xv - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Página 110 - In a short time we remit our fervour, and endeavour to find some mitigation of our duty, and some more easy means of obtaining the same end. We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Página 78 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.